ES NL ROUND 4 e programme

EXTRA
TIME
EASTERN SUBURBS
30:10:16 VERSUS
WAITAKERE UNITED
13:11:16

Contents
Chairman’s Welcome 4
Coaches Corner 7
Match Previews 9
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The Originals 11
Paul Recalls 12
The goal that won Suburbs
the National Title 15
Eastern Suburbs
National League Squad 16-17
NL - Local Heroes 18
Club News - Ellerslie 19
Club News - Eastern Suburbs 21
SSP Match Centre 22
NYL - Local Heroes 24
National Youth League 26
NL - Coaching Heroes 28
Enzo’s Rant 29
Fixture Lists 31
Team Lists 32
Cover Pic: Billy DeGraaf celebrates after Suburbs
win the National Title at Newmarket Park 1971
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CHAIRMAN’S
Welcome
Good to
be back!
A warm welcome to you for
todays’ game against our western
neighbours from Waitakere. It is
a particularly pleasing occasion
for Eastern Suburbs AFC because
the location of the fixture physically
demonstrates our desire to
involve our neighbouring clubs we
have partnered with in this adventure
(back) into the National
League. My thanks to Paul Burns
and Matt Sheehy and the rest of
the Fencibles volunteers for hosting
us today, which is the first of two
Stirling Sports Premiership games
to be played at this ground, the
second being in late February.
For those who not aware Eastern
Suburbs has made a concerted
effort to involve Ellerslie, UniMount
and Fencibles in our National
League set up.
The purpose of this is twofold:
1. To provide a strong and clear pathway
for football players in the Eastern
Region. The pathway afforded by the
National League and National Youth
League is a key tool in helping ‘hold’
players in our area and clubs, with the
ultimate prize being stronger clubs in
our region
2. The secondary objective is to engage
a wider audience and garner support for
the Eastern Suburbs NL team. Our club
alone does not have the “whole package”
with respect to the criteria required to
play NL football so have leaned on the
other clubs to counter our deficiencies.
This has manifested itself in ground
sharing for both playing and training,
contribution of players for our NYL team,
and a combined approach with the
communications and game day team as
some of the examples. Our hope is that
the intellectual knowledge gained from
this experience will filter through into all
our clubs, in short a win:win for all the
partner clubs involved.
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This process would have been very difficult
had long standing “rivalries” existed
amongst our clubs. I’m sure historically
there has been some tensions, but the
beauty of the kiwi football experience is
that although we can look to bruise each
other on the playing field, we have an
inbuilt brotherhood due to the underdog
status football has had for so long in
this country. The football community is a
small and reasonably tight knit one. We
all know people at other clubs we have
shared battles, beer, stories and even
the odd tragedy, and because of that we
enjoy their successes and sympathise
with their failures irrespective of how our
own team is doing.
Todays’ game is no different. For years
I have been travelling to Fred Taylor to
watch Waitakere, often because they
have been the only game in town. I even
sat on the Waitakere Board for a couple
of years and enjoyed immensely the involvement
of the players and admin staff
who are all very dedicated “football mad”
people. Likewise the respect garnered
having watched Auckland City for so
many years is immense. Their achievements
for football in this country can’t
be understated and many of the games
I have watched at Kiwitea Street will live
long in my memory. So now that we are
in the same league as these teams, am
I supposed to develop an instant dislike
after so many years of enjoyment? Well
it is just not going to happen. Of course
I will want us to beat them on any given
day, and if it is an advantage to us for
them to lose against another team, I will
want them to lose. But the reality is if a
game is being played and the result has
no impact on us, then I will want another
Auckland team to be successful.
That brings me to todays’ game. A warm
welcome to Chris Milicich, Jake Butler
and the rest of the team. I have known
Chris for many years, he also coached
Suburbs Winter Premier League team a
few years back with his usual vigour and
enthusiasm. I’m hopeful Tom Shaw will
play today, a young man I have tremendous
respect for who captained our
Winter Premier League team the past
two seasons. I am disappointed that Tom
is not playing for us, but the restrictions
we put on our coach with respect to the
75%+ NZ citizens in our squad made
that difficult. For those here who are
watching their first NL game because of
its location, I hope you enjoy it enough
to continue watching our games and
supporting us for the rest of the season.
For those who have only ever supported
teams playing against Eastern Suburbs,
I am hopeful the energy and freshness
we bring to the league and Auckland
Football is received positively. If you are
not necessarily for us, you don’t have to
be against us!
Chris
Coaches Corner
It’s a pleasure to welcome Chris Milicich and his Waitakere United
team to William Green Domain.
We are looking forward to playing one of the most successful Clubs in
the League to see how we compare.
Chris has assembled a strong squad, led by the Waitakere icon player:
Jake Butler, so with the caliber of both teams on the field today we
should be in for a fast game with plenty of skills on display today.
Obviously our game in Hamilton last weekend was disappointing, but
this is a League where the teams are separated by fine margins, and
at this stage of the 2016/17 competition the results show this year to
be potentially the most competitive to date.
It is good to bring National League football to Fencibles home
ground: William Green Domain, we hope to see a good crowd and an
enthralling game.
Malcom McPherson
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Proud sponsors of the
Eastern Associates Suburbs Football Club
STIRLING SPORTS PREMIERSHIP
MATCH PREVIEWS
As part of Extra Time this season we will be previewing the entire round
of Stirling Sports Premiership games for the weekend - no scienitific
steps have been taken figure out our game predictions - it’s just
guesswork! We would love to have the fans thoughts though, head to
twitter and post your predicition using the hashtag #SSPicks and the
hashtag for the game (or games) your calling.
Round 4 - 13th November
Canterbury Utd vs Wellington Phoenix U20 #CUvWP
English Park @ 2pm, Saturday
The dragons are the only unbeaten side left after their scoreless game
away against Auckland City last weekend - which is no mean feet
holding last years finalists out for 90. Scoring goals is a wee bit of a
problem for the Dragons though with skipper Clapham responsible for
4 of their 5 goals (at least two from the spot) so far this season (and
his midfield partner de Jong has the 5th). The Wee Nix have been
defending well and sit in 4th place for goals conceded with only 4, but
this will be a tough game for the Nix Reserves but if Max Mata plays with
his goal a game record so far it could be an interesting battle.TIP: Going
for Canterbury to nick it with a late Clapham..... penalty!
Greenlane | North Shore | Pukekohe | Hamilton | Queenstown
Southern Utd vs Auckland City #SUvAC
Rugby Park @ 2pm, Sunday
From what I have read Southern were good value for their point against
Waitakere United last weekend - coach Paul O’Reilly rung the changes
across the team, including handing a starting debut to youngster Chris
Kessell in midfield. They now head back south for the first game of
two in Invercargill - not a place some of the Spaniards in the Auckland
City team will be to keen on I wouldn’t think. City with their own point
to prove after being held scoreless at home for the second time already
this season - but they have shown when they score they do it freely.
TIP: Hard to know which City team will turn up, I think it will be to tough
for the home team though - ACFC by 2.
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Tasman Utd vs Hawkes Bay Utd #TUvHB
Trafalgar Park @ 2pm, Sunday
First home game for Tasman Utd and I would expect a massive crowd at
Trafalgar Park, they were good value for their point against the Wee-Nix last
weekend in the A-League curtain raiser, this will a different kind of challenge
against a handy Hawkes Bay outfit who have impressed every time I have
watched them, just not enough points to show for their efforts to date. It
will be a shade more difficult for the bay as well without Coach Angell who
was sent off for questioning a penalty call against his team somewhat too
vigorously in their 4-2 loss to Team Wellington, making this game all the
more important.
TIP: Sorry HBU fans I feel the occasion of Tasman’s first home game will
give them the edge - by 1.
Eastern Suburbs vs Waitakere Utd #ESvWU
William Green @ 2pm, Sunday
The lilywhites have come back down to earth after a great start back in the
National League, and they have a tricky Auckland derby game to try and
make up for last week. Like Canterbury the lilywhites have a bit of a scoring
issue with all of their goals coming from midfield, and one of those (Burfoot)
will miss this game. Waitakere on the other hand with 6 goals are up there
with the leading scorers, they have shared the goals around as well with
only skipper Butler with 2, with 4 other players with one each.TIP: hard to
pick this game - might be a draw?
Team Wellington vs Hamilton Wanderers #TWvHW
Newtown Park @ 4:35pm, Sunday (TV)
Jose’s side kick started their season in style as they did a smash and grab
job at Bluewater stadium - all the pundits were just saying it was a matter
of time before TW hit form, and they sent a warning sign to the rest of the
league by putting 4 past the competitive Hawkes Bay side. A bit of a spiteful
game with 8 yellow cards issued and a coach sent to the stands. Last years
champions will be happy to see new signings Zambrano and Howieson
on the scoresheet, while Wanderers who also hit four goals last week
against one of the league favourites will fancy a bit of an upset. Wanderers
potentially with a bit of a GK issue after losing their keeper late in their last
game to a red card, he sits on the sidline next to their other keeper who is
injured - a bit of a problem there!
TIP: Team Wellington have found their mojo and I think they will go on a bit
of a run now.
“the originals”
Eastern Suburbs AFC was one of the
eight original teams which kicked off
the inaugural National League back in
April 1970. Suburbs is the only club
from the 1970 National League to be
playing in the 2016-17 Premiership.
GOOD TO BE BACK!
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PAUL
RECALLS
‘Paul Recall’s’ are articles contributed by Paul Rennell who captained Eastern
Suburbs in the inaugural National League season in 1970. The articles
provide insights and stories from the 60’s era and 1970 National League.
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The following are my ‘top line’ recollections of the Eastern
Suburbs Rothmans National League 1970 Squad.
I regard myself as lucky to have play football with the
character and quality of the Suburbs squad, not only team
mates…but mates!
David Garrett – Manager
Very hard working and a dedicated Suburbs
man. As the Club had no money, Dubby (as
he is best known) ran weekly tote tickets and
raffles to help keep the team afloat.
Tom McNab – Coach
Very professional and ran good training sessions
with plenty of fitness and strengthening
exercises, one-on-one and plenty of ball work.
Tom was not one to trifled with!
Kevin Harlock – Goalkeeper
Hard as nails and controlled the six yard box.
God help you if you got in his way! The goal
mouth enforcer.
Colin Latimour – Right Back
Colin joined Suburbs from Ponsonby and
“the originals”
was a good team member and settled into
the squad very quickly. Fast and intelligent
footballer.
John Kroon – Centre Back
The ‘Scottish Terrier’ from Dunedin. John
turned up at training in 1968 and asked Manager,
Dubby, could he come and play with Paul
– old mates from Otago and Canterbury days.
John Staines – Centre Back
The Rock. Fast and dynamic defender and
great header of the ball. Enjoyed overlapping
and going up for corners.
Jim Campbell – Left Back
Joined us from Ponsonby. Good reliable
defender. Did not overlap very often as it took
half the day to get back!
Phil Rainer – Midfield
Excellent work rate and with Stan (aka Paul
Rennell) formed a dynamic mid-field and supplied
plenty of quality ball to the front runner.
Paul Rennell – Captain and Midfield
Good at the toss, social events organiser and
good nose for sniffing out watering holes
around the country on Sundays! Enjoyed the
midfield battle with Phil and usually came out
on top. Paul’s flat in St. Johns was the unofficial
‘team club rooms’
Ray Mears – Right Flank
‘Mini” as he was called, dazzled many a crowd
with his trickery and mesmeric ball control.
One game at Newmarket Park the ball we used
in the first half was like a lead weight. As we
walked off at half time Ray said to me: “Stan,
the ball is like a pudding so I’m gonna kick it
down the gully to get rid of it”. I immediately
responded: “Don’t…you’ll never know what
Wally (referee: Wally Laing) will do…don’t
tempt him”. Well it had to happen, with
about five minutes to go, Ray lobbed the ball
on to his knee and ‘wham’ away it went down
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into the Newmarket gully. The Referee ran
straight to Ray and gave him a red card. Ray
screamed at me: “Stan, he can’t give me a red
card…tell him Stan”. I just shook my head
and turned away.
John Wrathall – Striker (pictured left)
The Club Legend! Had a great one for sniffing
out goals, with lethal shot. He could turn any
defender around and leave them stranded.
Great team player, the other half of the Laurel
and Hardy partnership. John Wrathall: the
1,000 goal Suburbs legend.
Billy de Graaf – Striker
Joined the Club in 1968 as a 17 year old, from
Papatoetoe. He cost the Club £150! Worth
every penny. ‘Clog’ as he was called proved to
be an enormous hit with his flair and showmanship.
With his long flowing blonde hair,
he worked well with John Wrathall.
George York – Left Flank
Joined us from Ponsonby with Colin and
Jimmy. Another small player who had good
speed and ball control. He finished with many
a good goal.
Ross Gisby – Fullback
Fast and very reliable defender. Good team
mate.
Gerry McCormack – Fullback/Winger
‘The Ghost’. Gerry would drift in and out
as the mood suited. Great crosser of the ball
with many goals headed home from them.
John Higgs – Goalkeeper
Reliable and good back-up to Kevin Harlock.
Great social man.

Sadly Missed
The Club asked me to assemble as many as possible of the originals
for the first home game. I managed to locate ten players and Manager.
These include David Garrett (Manager), Paul Rennell, Kevin Harlock,
Junette Wrathall (John’s wife), Ray Mears, John Staines, Gerald
McCormack, Jimmy Campbell, George York, Josephine King
(Charlie Dempsey’s daughter) and Fred Duber.
While working through the list it is very sad to say that unfortunately
four of old players have sadly passed away over the years.
The four concerned are held in very high esteem and greatly missed:
John Wrathall, Tommy McNabb, John Kroon, Colin Latimour
THE GOAL THAT
WON EASTERN
SUBURBS THE
NATIONAL
LEAGUE TITLE
The following is an e mail recently written by
Mal Bland (one of the great Eastern Suburbs
strikers in the 1970’s), it provides Mal’s account
of the dramatic goal scored by John
Staines in the dying minutes of the game
against Mt Wellington on 12 September 1971.
John Staines goal is enshrined in Suburbs history
as it resulted in 2 – 2 draw against old rivals
‘The Mount’, but most importantly John’s late
goal ensured Suburbs won the National
League title in 1971. The goal is recorded in
the ‘History of Eastern Suburbs 1934 – 2015’,
as a 35 meter strike. Mal Bland account is at
odds with that strike distance.
“As they say, never let the truth get in the
way of a good story, I can clearly remember
the look on Johns (Staines) face as he was
running towards the goal, a sort of “what
do I do now”

1 Josh Dijsktra
2 Hayden Johns
3 Finn Cochran
4 Ross Haviland
5 Luke Adams
6 Mario Ilich
7 Tim Payne
8 Moses Dyer
9 Sean Lovemore
10 Sam Burfoot
11 Armin Pasagic
12 Silvio Rodic
13 Jordan Vale
14 Andrew Blake
15 Osita Chikere
16 Anthony Hobbs
18 Tristan Prattley
20 Derek Tieku
24 Calvin Opperman
25 Zac Speedy
29 Emmanuel Ekpo
36 Fabien Kurimata
Malcolm McPherson
Head Coach
Martin Bullock
Asst. Coach
Michael O’Keeffe
Goal Keeping Coach
Sunesh Singh
Conditioning Coach
Robb Lee
Physio
Mark Palmer
Physio
Gary Connell
Analyst
Carl Tinsley
Manager
2016/17 Eastern Suburbs
National League Squad
#lilywhites

National League
LOCAL HEROES
SUBURBS
‘KEEPERS
CLUB NEWS
ELLERSLIE AFC
Silvio Rodic:
Country:
Croatia
Age: 29
Date of birth:
July 27 1987
Height: 1.97 m
CLICK HERE FOR
SILVIO’S FULL STORY
Zac Speedy:
Country:
New Zealand
Age: 19
Date of birth:
October 29 1996
Height: 1.81 m
CLICK HERE FOR
ZAC’S FULL STORY
Josh Dijkstra:
Country:
New Zealand
Age: 19
Date of birth:
Dec 17 1997
Height: 1.82 m
CLICK HERE FOR
JOSH’S FULL STORY
Ellerslie AFC bowed out at the quarterfinals of the
Napier U19’s National Tournament over labour
weekend as they lost to a wonder goal in extra time
to fellow Auckland side Glenfield Rovers.The young
Ellerslie side who had 14 players who can play at
least one more year in this tournament exceeded expectations
by qualifying for the quarter-finals in what
ended up being a very competitive group. Opening
day draws with Upper Hut (0-0) and East Coast Bays
(0-0) along with a narrow 1-0 victory over Hamilton
Wanderers left us in a perilous position on day 2 with
tough games against group leaders Miramar Rangers
and tournament favourites Western Springs.
Luckily we didn’t pick up any serious injuries during
the first day and our ice bath recovery session did it’s
job as we looked fresh and keen to get the points we
needed on Sunday morning. First up was Miramar
who fielded two ex-Ellerslie players in Tom Kirkland
and Matt Bouzaid (who both played for Ellerslie the
year we made the Semi-Finals). It was in this game
when our attack clicked and we raced out to 3-0
lead before conceeding our first goal of the tournament
late in the game.That result left us on 8 points
and Western Springs to come - a win would put us
through to the Quarters for the 3rd year in a row, but
either a draw or a loss could elminate us based on
Miramar’s result against Hamilton Wanderers. We
wanted to take all the permutations out of the equation
by winning the game and we started well with a
goal to Art Twigg.
Springs were a quality side though and fought back
hard and won a penalty to level the scores at halftime.
A 2nd Springs goal early in the second half had us
on the brink of being knocked out, we didn’t give up
though as we chased hard to get an equaliser - it
was only when news from our scouts come through
that 10-man Hamilton Wanderers ha grabbed a late
equalising goal against Miramar - the calculators got
a quick working over and we deduced that with our
superior goal difference we could afford to lose by 1
to Springs if the Wanderers-Miramar game remained
a draw. The games in Napier are all meant to start
at the same time and finish at the same time but for
some reason the game between Wanderers and
Miramar finished 5 minutes before we did and
Wanderers had held onto the draw - so all we
needed to do was not concede again and we
were through.
Not quite the attacking exciting football outcome we
had been working to so far, but needs must as we
chucked another body into midfield for a striker to
shore up the game - not all the boys realised that the
current result was enough which played out with half
the team calling for a goal and the other half calling
for possesion to be retained - In the end we did
enough and we qualified for the Quarters in second
place behind Western Springs who were group winners.
We ended up on the same amount of points as
Miramar Rangers but with +1 in goal difference!
In the Quarters we were one of 7 Auckland teams to
qualify with Lower Hutt City the only out of Auckland
side to reach this point. A scoreless first half
between Ellerslie and Glenfield only built the tension
- the game itself was a bit of a clash of styles as
Ellerslie’s quick passing game clashed with Glenfields
more direct approach. It was a slightly more direct
peice of play that got Ellerslie the lead in the second
half as Rowan was given the ball early down the
right, he did well to round his defender and get into
the box - his superb cut back ball was powered home
by crowd favourite SHIGEMATSU! as we took a 1-0
lead.
Glenfield to their credit didn’t give up and they chased
every loose ball and on one of these occasions
they pressured us into a mistake at the back which
resulted in conceeding a spot kick - as just reward for
their hard work their penalty was converted and they
held that score until the end of regular time. So into
extra time we went, and we were the only quarterfinal
to do so, so the crowd dramtically increased to
three or four hundred while our lads prepared for 2 x
7 min periods of extra time. The first period of extra
time went without troubling the scorers, but very early
in the second period Glenfield scored what was the
winner with a wonder strike from some distance - the
shot hit the inside of both the crossbar and right hand
post, giving Sean in goal no chance of saving it. The
Ellerslie lads pushed hard for an equaliser as the
crowd screamed for penalties but we just couldn’t
break down the resilent wall of Black and yellow.We
were so proud of the lads efforts, in particualr our
defence which was well lead by skipper Dan McLean
and Ellerslie AFC player of the tournament
Kelvin Kalua.
I’m looking forward to next year already!
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CLUB NEWS
EASTERN SUBURBS AFC
Eastern Suburbs
head of coaching
amongst the
word elite:
junior and youth teams that provide a
structured system for players to help each
player identify where they want to be as a
player and then to help them achieve their
goals.
Eastern Suburbs AFC head of coaching,
Juan Roman returned from Spain
earlier this year where he successfully
renewed his UEFA Professional License.
This Pro License is acknowledged by FIFA
as the worlds highest football coaching
qualification, and is held by the world most
elite coaches, including: Jose Murhino,
Rafa Benitez (manager of Real Madrid),
Luis Enrique (manager Barcelona) and
Pep Guardiola (manager Bayer Munich).
Juan is one of a very few New Zealanders
to hold this coveted coaching qualification.
Juan uses his coaching knowledge and
skills to create programmes for Suburbs
Chris Ruffell (ESAFC Chair
man) noted “While the National League is
enjoying the lime-light today…however our
over-arching club focus is about providing
the highest quality coaching resources
possible for all of our 2,500 club members.
We’ve coupled our coaching curriculum
& courses with a strong player pathway
strategy for all our members, so each of
our valued 2.500 members has the opportunity
to progress their football ambitions
to whatever level of ability and motivation
they have. We targeted National League
status last year as it would deliver the pinnacle
of club football in our player pathway
strategy – we identified that as a key ‘prize’
for Suburbs NL status.
I look forward to the near future when
we see Suburbs lads come through our
coaching courses and pathway to pull on
the Lilywhites’ shirt in the National League,
or gain a coveted professional contract or
an All White cap!
We invest heavily in our Club’s coaching
resources, and will continue to do so as
our number 1 priority”
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STIRLING SPORTS PREMIERSHIP
MATCH CENTRE
The title defence of reigning champions
Team Wellington is finally on track
while newcomers Eastern Suburbs
have tasted defeat for the first time
after the completion of third round
action in the Stirling Sports Premiership
this afternoon.
Pointless after two games, Wellington
badly needed to get on the board as
they made the short trip north to face
Hawke’s Bay United and managed to
secure a win to relieve the pressure on
new coach Jose Figueira.
There were plenty of goals and drama
elsewhere as Southern United picked
up their first point of the campaign
in a 2-2 draw with Waitakere United
before Hamilton Wanderers became
the first side to get the better of
fellow competition debutants Eastern
Suburbs.
In Hamilton, both teams finished the
match with 10 players but Suburbs had
to make do with diminished numbers
for much longer after the 35th-minute
dismissal of Sam Burfoot for a late
challenge on Mark Jones.
There were also four goals in
Whenuapai but these were shared
between the teams, Waitakere captain
Jake Butler giving his side an early
lead before Danny Ledwith equalised
from the spot for Southern on the half
hour. Southern then got their noses
in front when an Andy Mulligan cross
was headed home by the unfortunate
David Parkinson for an own goal and
a memorable victory looked possible
as the fulltime whistle drew near. But
Scott Hilliar popped up in the 87th
minute to spare Waitakere’s blushes
and leave Southern coach Paul
O’Reilly still searching for his first win,
albeit pleased to have finally gotten
off the mark.The day’s late game was
far less dramatic as Auckland City
and Canterbury United played out a
scoreless draw at Kiwitea Street. The
best chance of the match arrived in the
75th minute but Canterbury goalkeeper
Danny Knight pulled off a great save to
deny Ryan De Vries.
The only other match of the round
was played on Saturday and resulted
in a 1-1 draw between
the Wellington Phoenix
U-20s and Tasman United
at Westpac Stadium. In
a curtain raiser to the
Phoenix’s A-League win
over Newcastle Jets, Alex
Ridsdale put Tasman
ahead just past the half
hour before Max Mata
headed in an equaliser in
the 66th minute.
Stirling Sports Premiership – Round One
Wellington Phoenix U-20 1 (Max Mata 66’)Tasman United 1 (Alex Ridsdale 33’)
HT: 0-1
Hawke’s Bay United 2 (Saul Halpin 70’, 83’)Team Wellington 4 (Ben Harris 16’,
Tom Jackson pen 79’, Nicolas Zambrano 88’, Cameron Howieson 89’) HT: 1-0
Waitakere United 2 (Jake Butler 18’, Scott Hilliar 87’)Southern United 2 (Danny
Ledwith pen 30’, own goal 71’) HT: 1-1
Hamilton Wanderers 4 (Godwin Darkwa 14’, Raymond Gunemba 45’, Rossi
Nkoy 53’, Jack Salter 54’) Eastern Suburbs 0 HT: 2-0
Auckland City 0 Canterbury United 0 HT: 0-0
Table
P W D L GF GA GD P
Auckland City FC 4 2 1 1 8 1 7 7
Waitakere United 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 7
Hamilton Wanderers 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 6
Eastern Suburbs 3 2 0 1 3 5 -2 6
CantUtd Dragons 3 1 2 0 5 3 2 5
Wgtn Phoenix U-20 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Hawkes Bay United 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 3
Team Wellington 3 1 0 2 5 8 -3 3
Tasman United 3 0 2 1 3 7 -4 2
Southern United FC 3 0 1 2 3 6 -3 1
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National YOUTH League
LOCAL HEROES
Dylan Horgan:
My love for football began at the
age of 5. Football was always
going to be my choice of sport
considering every member of my
family played it.....
EASTERN SUBURBS
PARTNERS
CLICK HERE FOR
DYLAN’S FULL STORY
George Andrew:
I come from a town on the east
coast of the north island called Gisborne.
I was brought up by my dad
to be a rugby player but I always
preferred football.....
CLICK HERE FOR
GEORGE’S FULL STORY
Calvin Lee:
I started playing football at a young
age after my father passed away to
cancer when I was five. He was a
professional goalkeeper himself in
what is now known as......
CLICK HERE FOR
CALVIN’S FULL STORY
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Corey walters:
Starting off as a youngster i spent
my early playing days at Fencibles
United AFC under the wing of goal
keeper coach Dave Priestley who
developed my initial skill set....
CLICK HERE FOR
COREY’S FULL STORY
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NATIONAL YOUTH LEAGUE
Hamilton Wanderers have taken over from fellow
debutants Eastern Suburbs at the top of the
National Youth League but it’s a tight fit below
that with second-placed Auckland City just one
point ahead of Waitakere United, Wellington
Phoenix and Suburbs, who are all tied for third
with just goal difference separating them.
The third round of action took place over the
weekend and brought a pair of eyebrow-raising
results with Wanderers sticking six strikes past
the previously unbeaten Suburbs while Team
Wellington also went on the goal rampage, nearly
hitting double figure in defeating Hawke’s Bay
United 9-0.
It was Ihaia Delaney who did most of the damage
for the capital men, finding the net four times
before the half-time whistle in a remarkable
display of lethal finishing. Aaron McDonald was
also on target as the hosts went into the sheds
five goals to the good and the outlook didn’t get
much better for the Bay in the second half. Elijah
Just helped himself to a brace while Ben Ratahi
also got on the scoresheet before Cameron
Wardlaw completed the rout in stoppage time.
Wanderers didn’t quite reach those heights but
will be delighted with their efforts nonetheless
after bringing Suburbs back down to earth in
some style. Hamilton had the assistance of
first-team player Marc Evans – each club is
allowed to field two members of its Stirling Sports
Premiership squad – and he made a significant
impact after captain Liam Hayes had opened
the scoring from the spot. Evans struck mid-way
through the first half and added his second in the
last minute of regulation time at the end of the
game.
By that stage, the match was well out of Suburbs’
reach as goals from Stafford Dowling, Sean
Skeens and Raheem Hunter-Ali had blown
the scoreline out. Suburbs managed a late
consolation through Frank Clark to make it 6-1 on
what was a disappointing weekend for the club
with the seniors also giving up their unbeaten
record in the Stirling Sports Premiership.
“We’re disappointed but we said to the boys
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that we have to take some learnings out of
today’s performance,” Suburbs coach Hoani
Edwards said. “They were set up to hurt us on
the counter and we felt they were just a little bit
more desperate on defence than we were. We
switched off at the wrong times and it seemed
like every time they attacked they scored.”
There were also plenty of goals down in Nelson,
where Tasman United scored twice but couldn’t
prevent a 3-2 loss to the Wellington Phoenix.
Late goals were a feature there too after the
Phoenix took a slender 1-0 lead into the break
courtesy of Matt Conroy.
The home side found an equaliser soon after the
restart through Tinashe Marowa but Conroy took
control of proceedings in the final 10 minutes,
adding two further goals to earn a hat-trick
and give the Phoenix a 3-1 lead that proved
unassailable, although Tasman did manage to hit
back via Labu Pan in stoppage time.
It was the third consecutive one-goal defeat
that Tasman have suffered in the competition
after losing 6-5 to Canterbury United and 2-1 to
Auckland City.
“We rued a number of missed chances,” Tasman
co-coach Andy Morris said. “We need to learn to
be more clinical in front of goal, it’s as simple as
that.”
Waitakere were the other side able to celebrate
an away win after toppling Southern United 2-1,
Mitchell Nash and Drew Farnsworth turning
things around for the west Aucklanders after Ben
Wade had put the hosts in front.
There were no goals in Christchurch as
Canterbury United and Auckland City fought
out a scoreless draw, just as their first-team
counterparts did later at Kiwitea Street.
Despite dropping points for the first time this
season, Auckland coach Andy Peat was relatively
happy with the result.
“The team is definitely improving week-by-week
and executing what we’ve been working on in
training,” he said. “Overall, the performance was
positive and we’ll keep growing as we head into
our next match.”
National Youth League Round Three
Team Wellington 9 (Ihaia Delaney 7’, 16’, 36’, 44’, Aaron McDonald 25’, Elijah Just
51’, 85’, Ben Ratahi 61’, Cameron Wardlaw 90 + 1’)Hawke’s Bay United 0 HT: 5-0
Southern United 1 (Ben Wade 25’)Waitakere United 2 (Mitchell Nash 43’, Drew
Farnsworth 60’) HT: 1-1
Canterbury United 0Auckland City 0 HT: 0-0
Eastern Suburbs 1 (Frank Clark 93’)Hamilton Wanderers 6 (Liam Hayes pen 14’,
Marc Evans 20’, 90’, Stafford Dowling 25’, Sean Skeens 64’, Raheem Hunter-Ali 70’)
HT: 0-2
Tasman United 2 (Tinashe Marowa 50’, Labu Pan 90’ + 5’)Wellington Phoenix 3
(Matt Conroy 36’, 85’, 89’) HT: 0-1
Table
P W D L GF GA GD P
Hamilton Wanderers Y 3 3 0 0 13 5 8 9
Auckland City FC Y 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7
Waitakere United Y 3 2 0 1 11 5 6 6
Wellington Phoenix Y 3 2 0 1 9 5 4 6
Eastern Suburbs Y 3 2 0 1 7 8 -1 6
Cant Utd Dragons Y 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
Team Wellington Y 3 1 0 2 11 7 4 3
Southern United FC Y 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
Tasman United Y 3 0 0 3 8 11 -3 0
Hawke’s Bay United Y 3 0 0 3 1 19 -18 0
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National League
COACHING HEROES
Malcolm McPherson:
Head Coach:
“The gaffer”
Like many coaches
Malcolm started his
football life as a player.
He enjoyed a professional
football....
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MALCOLM’S STORY
Martin Bullock:
Assistant coach
Martin enjoyed playing
to a high standard
of football in the
UK. As a midfielder,
Martin made 452
league....
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MARTIN;S STORY
Micheal O’Keeffe:
Goal Keeping coach
Michael comes to
Suburbs coaching
staff with an outstanding
footballing
and ‘keeping pedigree....
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MICHAEL’STORY
ARTICLE #2
Enzo’s Rant
Another team for Auckland – nay!
You greedy sods! You already have three of them,
what makes you think you deserve a fourth team
in the Stirling Sports Premiership?
I know what you’re thinking – “Auckland
is where it’s all at. If you can’t
even get a decent latte between
Ellerslie and Petone, how on earth
are you going to find any half decent
footballers in that vast cultural desert?
And that’s before we even start
talking about the South Island.”
But hold on to your gluten free
bagels Aucklanders, there might be
one or two things you need to consider
before taking your divine right
to more teams as absolute gospel.
First of all, do the maths. When you
have under a third of the population,
shouldn’t you have a third of
the teams at the most? Currently at
three out of ten, Auckland is roughly
on quota. If the league was to expand
again to twelve teams at some
stage in the future we would then
have a strong case for one more –
but the recent competitions review
made it clear that another round
robin is a much higher priority than
more teams.
If you base a ten team competition
solely on population in this country,
there should be roughly one team
for every 450,000 people. So Auckland
deserves roughly three. Wellington
gets no more than one even
though they currently have two. The
South Island are lucky to have three
when they only have the population
for two and a bit - and that leaves
a lot of the rest of the North Island
pretty solidly short changed.
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As things stand, if for some reason a
current team like Southern or Hamilton
dropped out – to replace them with a
team from South Auckland or the North
Shore would rightly cause rioting in the
provinces. So the only path for representation
for those two currently neglected
areas of Auckland looks to be the
demise of a current Auckland team. In
other words we’ve got to rob Peter if we
want to pay Paul.
And growing the game in the provinces
is important! No, really, it is. Are you
really happy that in the last 12 years the
trophy has only been out of Auckland
once? Doesn’t it get boring for you? It
certainly does for me and a lot of other
fans too. How many Wynton Rufers
of the future from the two thirds of the
population with no access to good lattes
are off playing some other mass participation
sport in their region, like gumboot
tossing, because there was no winning
football team nearby to inspire them?
The hardships endured by kids in South
Auckland or the North Shore who don’t
have a so-called “pathway” to a National
League franchise because mummy
or daddy have to drive them to West,
Central or East Auckland are nothing
compared to the distances kids from
Gisborne, New Plymouth or Palmerston
North have to cover as things stand.
But if you think that argument is just a
load of inclusive pinko PC dairy farmer
loving nonsense, consider the flip side.
Don’t we want to keep the gravy train
going? During Auckland’s period of
dominance the two big city clubs we’ve
had until now have gone to a long succession
of Club World Cups and brought
home in excess of ten million dollars
in prize money. Why would we want to
dilute Auckland talent any further in light
of that?
No! Too many good things come in
threes like hat-tricks, wise men, little piggies,
and examples in a sentence. Keep
it at three I say!
And while you’re at it, let the Waikato
team win every now and again...
Eastern Suburbs
National League draw
Sat 22 Oct, 2:00pm Away
v Wellington Phoenix U-20, David Farrington Park
Sun 30 Oct, 2:00pm HOME
v Hawkes Bay United, Bill McKinlay Park
Sun 6 Nov, 2:00pm AWAY
v Hamilton Wanderers, Porritt Stadium
Sun 13 Nov, Time: TBA HOME
v Waitakere United, William Green Domain
Sun 20 Nov, 4:35pm HOME
v Southern United, Bill McKinlay Park
Sat 26 Nov, 2:00pm AWAY
v Team Wellington, David Farrington Park
Sun 4 Dec, 4:35pm HOME
v Tasman United, Bill McKinlay Park
Sun 11 Dec, 2:00pm AWAY
v Canterbury United, English Park
Sun 18 Dec, 2:00pm HOME
v Auckland City, Bill McKinlay Park
Sunday 16 October,1:00pm HOME
v Wellington Phoenix, Michaels Avenue Reserve
Sunday 30 October, 1:00pm AWAY
v Hawkes Bay United, Petane War Memorial Domain
Sunday 6 November, 1:00pm HOME
v Hamilton Wanderers, Michaels Avenue Reserve
Sunday 13 November, 1:00pm AWAY
v Waitakere United, Fred Taylor Park
Saturday 19 November, 1:00pm AWAY
v Southern United, Peter Johnstone Park
Sun 8 Jan, 2:00pm HOME
v Wellington Phoenix U-20, Bill McKinlay Park
Sun 15 Jan, 2:00pm AWAY
v Hawkes Bay United, Bluewater Stadium
Sun 22 Jan, 2:00pm HOME
v Hamilton Wanderers, Bill McKinlay Park
Sun 29 Jan, 4:35pm AWAY
v Waitakere United, The Trusts Arena
Sun 5 Feb, 2:00pm HOME
v Team Wellington, Bill McKinlay Park
Sat 11 Feb, 1:00pm AWAY
v Southern United, TBC
Sun 19 Feb, 2:00pm AWAY
v Tasman United, Trafalgar Park
Sun 26 Feb, 2:00pm HOME
v Canterbury United, William Green Domain
Sun 5 Mar, 3:00pm AWAY
v Auckland City, Kiwitea Street
National YOUTH League draw
Sunday 27 November, 1:00pm HOME
v Team Wellington, Michaels Avenue Reserve
Saturday 3 December, 12:00pm AWAY
v Tasman United,Trafalgar Park
Sunday 11 December, 1:00pm HOME
v Canterbury United, William Green Domain
Sunday 18 December, 1:00pm AWAY
v Auckland City, St Peters College, Epsom
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EASTERN SUBURBS AFC
Eastern Suburbs Team List
1. Joshua Dijkstra
2. Hayden Johns
3. Finn Cochran
4. Ross Haviland
5. Luke Adams
6. Mario Ilich
7. Timothy Payne
8. Moses Dyer
9. Sean Lovemore
10. Sam Burfoot
11. Armin Pasagic
12. Silvio Rodic
13. Jordan Vale
14. Andrew Blake
15. Osita Chikere
16. Anthony Hobbs
18. Tristan Prattley
20. Derek Tieku
24. Calvin Opperman
25. Zac Speedy
29. Emmanuel Ekpo
36. Fabien Kurimata
ES Team coaches:
Malcolm McPherson
(Head Coach)
Martin Bull (Asst Coach)
Michael O’Keeffe
(GK Coach)
WAITAKERE UNITED
1.Pirmin Strasser
2.Scott Hilliar
3.Stewart MacKay
4.
5.Julyan Collett
6.Harrison Nash
7.Stefan Thelen
8.Ryan Tinsley
9.Dylan Stansfield
10.Eder Franchini Pasten
11.Ian Hogg
12.Dan Morgan
13.Ryan Cain
14.David Parkinson
15.David Icardo Hernandez
16.Dylan Manickum
17.Jake Butler
18.
19.Tom Shaw
20.Keegan Linderboom
21.Abdulla Al-Kalisy
22.Lewis Caunter
23.Jake Porter
28. Liam Anderson
Team coaches:
Chris Milicich (Head Coach)
Carl Jorgensen (Asst Coach)
Ross Nicholson (GK Coach)